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 Issac Butt |
Tá meas mór ar Isaac Butt mar gur bhunaigh sé an Rialtais Dúchais in Éireann. Rugadh é ar an Chlochán i nGleann Fhinne ar an 6ú lá de Mheán Fómhair 1813. Fuair sé a chuid oideachas i Rath Bhótha agus fósta i gcoláiste na Trionáide i mBaile Átha Cliath. Rinne sé staidéar dlíthe ansin. Sa bhliain 1833 bhunaigh sé Iris Ollscoile Bhaile Átha Cliath. Idir na blianta 1836 agus 1840 bhí Butt ina Ollamh in Éacnamaíochta Polaitíocht i gColáiste na Trionáide. In 1848 thug Isaac cosaint do na hÉireannaigh Óga nuair a bhí siad ag dul fríd a gcuid trialacha Tréas-Feileonacht agus chuir sé suim mhór sa tírghrách reitric, William Smith O'Brien. In 1852 toghadh Butt go Westminister mar Thoraí MP ar Eochaill i gCo.Chorcaigh. Iniaidh an t-Éirí amach in 1867, thug Isaac Butt cosaint do phríosunaigh Fíníneach agus de bharr seo rinneadh cosaintóir Rialtais Dúchais dó agus fuair sé neamhspleáchas reachtach d' Éireann. In 1869 bhunaigh Butt an Cumann Maithiúnais (Amnesty Association) do shaoradh amach príosunaigh Fíníneach agus in 1870 bhunaigh sé Cumann an Rialtais Dúchais. In 1871 sheasaigh Butt sa toghchán ar thícead Rialtais Dúchais agus toghadh é arís mar MP do Cho.Luimneach. Sa bhliain 1875 d'fhoilsigh sé an leabhar *Tionachta Talún in Éireann* . Bhí Isaac Butt ina MP do Luimneach go bhfuair sé bás in 1879. Tá sé curtha i reilig phrótastúnach i Strath an Urlar. Tá ionad cuairteoirí Isaac Butt ar an Chlochán i nGleann Finne. |
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Issac Butt, regarded as the founder of the Home Rule Movement in Ireland, was born in Cloghan, Glenfin on the 6th of September, 1813. He was educated at the Royal School, Raphoe and at Trinity College, Dublin where he studied Law and founded the influential *Dublin University Magazine* in 1833. Butt was Professor of Political Economy at TCD between 1836 and 1840. In 1848 he defended the Young Irelanders during their Treason-Felony trials and was impressed by the patriotic rhetoric of William Smith O'Brien. In 1852 Butt was elected to Westminster as Tory MP for Youghal in County Cork. Butt defended Fenian prisoners after the 1867 Rising and became an advocate of Home Rule and legislative independence for Ireland. In 1869 Butt founded the Amnesty Association for the release of Fenian prisoners and in 1870 he founded the Home Rule Association. In 1871 Butt stood for election on a Home Rule ticket and was returned as MP for Limerick. In 1875 he published 'Land Tenure in Ireland'. Issac Butt was MP for Limerick until his death in 1879. He is buried in the Protestant cemetery in Stranorlar. The Issac Butt Visitor's Centre is in Cloghan. © |